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WINTER
5 world and 2 regional premieres,
Chris Colemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s return, and evenings with
August Wilson and Pearl Cleage top our list
of what to see in Atlanta theater.
By Kathy Janich
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BY

DARYL LISA FAZIO

APR 21-MAY 13, 2018

YES, HAMILTON IS ON THE HORIZON. Arriving in May, in fact.

But don’t look too far ahead just yet. From now through the end of April, Atlanta’s homegrown professional theaters will stage an intriguing and ambitious mix of comedy, topical
drama, world and regional premieres and, in several cases, a welcome look back at some of
America’s smartest plays.
We’ll encounter Euripides, Nazis, closeted Feds, gods and people who think they’re gods. We
get twice as many plays by women as by men, including a double dip with Pearl Cleage in Hospice
+ Pointing at the Moon, two one-acts that are now a single piece, at the Alliance Theatre.
This rich list of nine (Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill, Maytag Virgin and Angels in America
have already come and gone) was culled from conversations, research, press releases, season
brochures, a lifetime of theatergoing and some 40 years as a theater artist and/or arts journalist.
We welcome — encourage even — your thoughts, comments and debate.
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THE STAGES OF WINTER
FEBRUARY
The Followers; A Retelling of the Bacchae

THROUGH FEB. 25 | 7 Stages. The 38-year-old Little Five
Points company looks to ancient Greece — 405 B.C., give or
take — for its first production of 2018. Euripides’ The Bacchae
delves into opposite sides of human nature: the rational,
civilized side represented by the king of Thebes (Lowrey
Brown) and the instinctive side represented by Dionysus, the
god of wine and ecstasy (Ofir Nahari, a guest artist from
Israel). 7 Stages’ telling, which qualifies as a world premiere, comes from Margaret Baldwin, an
Atlanta playwright of note. It uses opera, dance, puppetry and physical theater to tell its story of
blind faith, abuse of power and vengeance. Michael Haverty, the company’s co-artistic director,
directs. Klimchak, an Atlanta music-maker who builds and plays unusual instruments, provides
original music, with musical direction by Bryan Mercer and Nahari’s choreography. Back Stage
Black Box. $15-$25. 1105 Euclid Ave. NE. Details, tickets at 404.523.7647 or www.7stages.org.

The Mystery of Love & Sex

THROUGH MARCH 11 | Out Front Theatre Company. Regional premiere. London-born
playwright Bathsheba “Bash” Doran’s four-character drama is an unexpected love story about
where souls meet and the consequences of growing up. Charlotte and Jonny have been best
friends since age 9. She’s Jewish, he’s Christian; he’s black, she’s white. Their differences intensify
their connection until sexual desire complicates everything. The play premiered in 2014 at New
York’s Lincoln Center (“written with compassion and wry wisdom,” said The New York Times)
and has played Chicago and Los Angeles. Doran also has written for television (“Boardwalk
Empire,” “Masters of Sex,” “Smash”). Amber Bradshaw of Working Title Playwrights directs a
cast comprising Donald McNamus, Tiffany Morgan, Terrance Smith and Rachel Wansker. The
piece contains nudity. $20 + $25. 999 Brady Ave. in West Midtown. Details, tickets at 404.448.2755 or
www.outfronttheatre.com.

King Hedley II

THROUGH MARCH 11 | True Colors Theatre Company. August Wilson
(1945-2005) is one of the great American playwrights of any century, and
remains a personal favorite. King Hedley II is part of his 10-play Century (or
Pittsburgh) Cycle, all reflecting the black experience in 20th-century
America. King (Neal A. Ghant) is an ex-con peddling stolen refrigerators
in inner-city Pittsburgh in the 1980s. His goal: Buy a new business and
thus, a new life. Surrounding him in his quest, for better or worse, are his
wife, his mother, his mother’s ex-lover, his best friend and a neighbor
named Stool Pigeon (Spelman College’s Eddie Bradley), a wise, Greek
chorus-kind of character. Also in the cast: Tiffany Denise Hobbs, Tonia
Jackson, E. Roger Mitchell and Eugene H. Russell IV). Some consider King
Hedley II a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. It seemed so in a mesmerizing production at
the Alliance Theatre in 2003/04. Recommended for age 16 and up (language, content). $20-$35.
Southwest Arts Center, 915 New Hope Road SW. Tickets online at Ticket Alternative or 877.725.8849.
Details at truecolorstheatre.org.

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Perfect Arrangement

FEB. 22-MARCH 11 | Theatrical Outfit. Bob loves Jim, and Norma loves
Millie. Both couples are masquerading as heterosexual during the Lavender
Scare of the 1950s (when sexual “deviants” were targeted for dismissal from
federal employment). Topher Payne, well-known to metro audiences (Angry
Fags, The Only Light in Reno, Let Nothing You Dismay, Swell Party), won the
2014 American Theatre Critics Association Osborn Prize for his script,
called “a clever canapé of a comedy” by The New York Times. It has played
across the country and off-Broadway and although the Outfit run is its
professional Atlanta premiere, it workshopped in its early days at the
Process Theatre. The cast: Joe Knezevich (Bob), Clifton Guterman (Jim),
Courtney Patterson (Norma), Ann Marie Gideon (Millie), plus Stacy
Melich, Kevin Stillwell and Ann Wilson. Adam Koplan of New York’s Flying Carpet Theatre
Company directs. Contains mature themes and content. $20.50-$49 (Feb. 22-23 previews a bit
cheaper). Balzer Theater at Herren’s, 84 Luckie St. NW. Details, tickets at 678.528.1500 or www.
theatricaloutfit.org.

MARCH
Sheltered

MARCH 1-25 | Alliance Theatre at Actor’s Express. World
premiere and winner of the 2018 Alliance/Kendeda National
Graduate Playwriting Competition. New York-based
playwright Alix Sobler’s suspense story, based on true events,
takes place in 1939 as World War II begins in Europe. Two
ordinary Philadelphians make an extraordinary decision: to
bring 50 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied territory to
safety in America. Kimberly Senior, a freelance director based
in New York City, directs a cast comprising Lauren Boyd, Amanda Drinkall, Park Krausen, Lee
Osorio and John Skelley. Recommended for age 12 and up. The Alliance’s annual Kendeda Week,
featuring staged readings of four competition runners-up, is one of the highlights of Atlanta’s
theatrical season. The readings (not Sheltered) are free. Don’t miss out! $42; $10 teens. Actor’s Express
in the King Plow Arts Center, 887 West Marietta St. NW in West Midtown. Details, tickets at 404.733.5000
or alliancetheatre.org.

Hospice + Pointing at the Moon

MARCH 23-APRIL 15. Alliance Theatre at the Southwest Arts Center. A world premiere, of
sorts. Pearl Cleage, the Alliance’s playwright-in-residence, gives us two one-acts that follow a
woman named Jenny as she deals with unresolved questions from her past. In Hospice, she confronts
the approaching death of her estranged mother. Her story continues some 30 years later in the
brand-new Pointing at the Moon, which takes place immediately after the 2016 presidential election.
Jenny, now a respected scholar and literary critic, is reluctantly drawn into the swirl of political
and cultural changes and must choose between her comfortable life and her deeply held beliefs.
Hospice, which premiered in 1983, won five AUDELCO awards for achievement off-Broadway;
Pointing at the Moon is a world premiere. The cast adds to the excitement of a new piece: Atlantabased actors Terry Burrell (Ethel, Cinderella and Fella, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill) and Tinashe
Kinjese (Disgraced, Blues for an Alabama Sky). Timothy Douglas, a New York-based director/actor/
writer/educator, directs. $20-$45 (previews cheaper); $10 teens. The Southwest Arts Center is at 915 New
Hope Road SW. Details, tickets at 404.733.5000 or alliancetheatre.org.
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THE STAGES OF WINTER
The Harvey Milk Show

MARCH 9-10 | Actor’s Express at St. Mark United Methodist Church.
Welcome home, Chris Coleman. The return of Actor’s Express’ cofounder and longtime artistic director is, indeed, reason to rejoice. He’s
back for a two-night-only concert version of The Harvey Milk Show (done
at AE in 1992 with Coleman in the title role). Harvey Milk was the first
openly gay elected official in San Francisco, serving on the board of
supervisors for 11 months before his assassination on Nov. 27, 1978, at age
48. Coleman helped create the Express in 1988 and led the company until
2000, when he became artistic director at Portland Center Stage in
Oregon. In May, he becomes artistic director at the Denver Center for the
Performing Arts. The concert is part of the Express’ 30th-anniversary-season celebration. $55.
Post-show cocktail party with Coleman on Saturday is an additional $50. St. Mark is at
781 Peachtree St. NE. Details, tickets at 404.607.7469 or www.actors-express.com.

APRIL
Ripe Frenzy

APRIL 13-MAY 6 | Synchronicity Theatre. This world
premiere by Jennifer Barclay won the National New Play
Network’s 2016 Smith Prize for political theater. It brings us to
Tavistown, N.Y., where a recent tragedy has shaken the small
community. Zoe, our narrator and the town historian,
recounts the days leading to the incident, as the high school
prepares for its semiannual production of Thornton Wilder’s
Our Town. Barclay, an actor-turned-playwright formerly based
in Chicago and California, is now on the faculty at the
University of Maryland. Atlanta-based A-listers Cynthia D. Barker, Megan Cramer (Georgia
Shakespeare back in the day) and Taylor M. Dooley (Aurora Theatre’s Burnpile) lead the cast,
with artistic director Rachel May directing. $27-$31 (previews cheaper; swanky seat upgrades available).
Synchronicity is in the One Peachtree Pointe building, 1545 Peachtree St. NE. Details, tickets at 404.484.8636
or www.synchrotheatre.com.

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APRIL 21-MAY 13 | Actor’s Express. World premiere. Atlanta playwright
Daryl Lisa Fazio’s comedy, part of AE’s 2016 Threshold Festival of New
Plays, now gets a full staging. It follows Ingrid (Stacy Melich), an uptight
academic who researches sexual behavior in primitive cultures while
remaining completely closed off from her own sexual self. When she loses
her university job, she writes erotica to pay the bills — unleashing her
own journey of, well, discovery. Melissa Foulger directs a cast that
includes Matthew Busch (The Thrush and the Woodpecker), Eliana Marianes
and Joshua Quinn. $31-$44 (previews cheaper, opening night most expensive).
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Rent creator Jonathan Larson lived his bohemian life
in the moment. His innovative musical encourages
us all to do the same.
By Kathy Janich

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Rent
rocked my
perception
of what
musical
theater
could be.

I

t’s been five hundred
twenty-five thousand six
hundred minutes — and
21 years — since Jonathan
Larson gifted the world with
Rent and left an indelible
mark on American musical
theater.
The convention-busting
show opened April 29,
1996, on Broadway and ran
for more than 12 years. But
its roots go back to 1993
and the New York Theatre

Workshop, where the show
was nurtured, had its offBroadway home and suffered
an unbelievable loss.
Larson died suddenly of
an aortic dissection, likely
caused by undiagnosed
Marfan syndrome, on
Jan. 25, 1996 — the night
before the show’s offBroadway opening. He
was 35. The bohemians,
the friends with whom he
created Rent, were left to

share it with the world.
You may know their
names: Idina Menzel, Taye
Diggs, Jesse L. Martin,
Anthony Rapp, Daphne
Rubin-Vega. Eight actors
in the 15-member cast were
making their Broadway
debuts. Larson’s baby went
on to win the Pulitzer Prize
for Drama and four 1996
Tony awards, including best
musical. Two went to Larson
posthumously for his book
and score. Wilson Jermaine
Heredia (Angel) won the
fourth. Rent won six Drama
Desk and two Theatre World
awards, as well.
American musical
theater wasn’t quite sure
what had happened to it,
but it was exciting and the
rules were changing. Larson’s
Rent became a watershed
moment like Rodgers &
Hammerstein’s Oklahoma! in
1943, Stephen Sondheim’s
work in the 1970s and, of
course, Hamilton.
Hamilton auteur Lin-

Manuel Miranda saw
Rent when he was 17, later
recalling:
“Rent rocked my
perception of what musical
theater could be. It was the
first musical I had ever seen
with a cast as diverse as the
subway riders I saw on the
way to school. It was the first
musical I had ever seen that
took place in the present day,
and sounded like the present
day. The characters were
worried about the things I
worried about.”
Larson dreamed of being
an actor after graduating
from Adelphi University, but
Stephen Sondheim pushed
him toward composing. In
short order, Larson won a
Richard Rodgers Studio
Production Award from the
American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, a Rodgers
Development Grant and a
Stephen Sondheim Award
from the American Musical
Theater Festival.
He lived much like his

Rent characters — on love,
friendship and a survival
instinct. “Our apartment is
what you see in Rent,” Larson
roommate Jonathan Burkhart
told Playbill in 2016. “We
literally had one extension
cord that snaked all the way
through the apartment. There
was no heat except from the
oven, and the shower was in
the kitchen.”
Despite his lack of funds,
Larson quit his job at a SoHo
diner two months before Rent
debuted off-Broadway. He
dreamed of earning enough
money to afford cable TV.
Ten days before he died, he
sold books to get money for a
movie ticket.
His musical drama, loosely
based on Puccini’s La bohème,
depicts an unforgettable year
in the lives of seven artists
— a filmmaker, a musician,

a performance artist and a
drag queen, among them —
struggling to celebrate life in
the shadow of drugs, poverty
and AIDS. The characters in
Rent’s AIDS support group
(the number “Life Support”)
are named for real-life friends
who died). Larson’s score
uses pop, dance, salsa, R&B,
gospel, Broadway and rock
music.
In The New Yorker,
John Lahr wrote: “The show
features, among 40 well-sung
numbers, songs that are as
passionate, unpretentious
and powerful as anything
I’ve heard in musical theater
for more than a decade. His
songs have urgency — a sense
of mourning and mystery
which insists on seizing the
moment.”
Like many creative people,
Larson has been called

The cross-dressing
Angel (Aaron Alcaraz)
celebrates joy to the
world as only he can —
dressed to the nines,
drumsticks in hand and
ready to dance. Angel
is the beating heart of
the close-knit band
of artists/friends in
Jonathan Larson’s Rent.

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contradictory. He was shaken
by his lack of professional
success but confident of his
talent. (He once broke up with
a woman because she said he
couldn’t write an authentic
gospel song.) He came from
a comfortable suburban
home but s relished his
ragtag lifestyle. He expected
musical theater to be literate,
bracing and up to date. To
Larson, a friend recalled at his
memorial, “Stephen Sondheim
was God; Jerry Herman was
the devil.”
The idea for Rent was
suggested to Larson by a
young playwright named Billy
Aronson, who’s still credited
with the lyrics to “Santa Fe,”
“La Vie Bohème” and “I Should
Tell You.” Aronson wearied of
the project, but Larson carried
on — for seven years. He
envisioned a Hair for the 1990s.

Rent’s six-week offBroadway run at the 150-seat
New York Theatre Workshop
sold out. It was extended,
and sold out again. A bidding
war began for the right to
produce the $240,000 show
on Broadway. It reopened
April 29 at the Nederlander
Theatre with a budget of
more than $2 million. Tony
Award nominations seemed
inevitable. Record deals were
being discussed.
Larson, of course, wasn’t
there to see it. But his friends
were.
“Every night we got up
on the stage, and we had one
responsibility,” Idina Menzel
recalls on Live: Barefoot at
the Symphony, her 2012 CD.
“That was to communicate
Jonathan’s music, his work and
his story. He taught us to try to
live in the moment.”

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A Note About the Plot

BB

enny is Mark and
Roger’s former roommate. With the
help of his wealthy father-in-law,
Benny has bought the building in which
Mark and Roger live, and the lot next
door that is inhabited by a group of
homeless people. Benny wants to build
a high-tech cyber-arts studio on the
property. Toward this end, he plans to
clear the homeless from the lot and
evict all the tenants from the building,
including Mark and Roger.

Mark’s former lover, Maureen, schedules a performance protest of Benny’s
scheme for midnight on Christmas Eve.
Benny offers a deal to Mark and Roger:
If they convince Maureen to stop her
protest, they can stay in the building
rent-free.
At the end of Act I, Maureen stages her
performance. A riot erupts in the lot,
which Mark videotapes. Then Benny
padlocks the building, locking out all
the tenants.
Act II begins on New Year’s Eve as
Mark, Roger and friends attempt to
break back into the building. The rest of
the act follows the events of the year.

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BIOS
DEVINRÉ ADAMS (Swing, u/s Benny,
Collins) is a theater, dance and musical artist
from the D.C./Maryland area. Alma maters
include Duke Ellington School of the Arts
and the University of the Arts, B.F.A. ’17. He
is happy to start his first touring experience
with the 20th anniversary Rent tour.
AARON ALCARAZ (Angel) is so thankful
to be spreading love with this show. Favorite
credits include Aladdin in Disney Dreams
(Disney Cruise Line) and Paul in A Chorus
Line (Ithaca College). B.F.A. in musical
theater, Ithaca College. He thanks his family,
friends, Hudson Artists Agency, Joy Dewing
Casting and the Rent team.”
TREVOR BUNCE (Swing, u/s Roger) grew
up in Minnesota, where his family has a
nonprofit backyard theater company. He fell
in love with Rent and went to NYU-Tisch
where he played Roger opposite Sammy (who
plays Mark). This is his first tour. Love to
family, teachers and always, to bean.
ALANA CAUTHEN (Ensemble/Seasons of
Love Soloist, Mrs. Jefferson, u/s Joanne) is thrilled
to join the 20th-anniversary tour of Rent.
Recent credits include Smokey Joe’s Cafe (BJ),
Beehive at Theatre By the Sea; Big River (Alice)
at the Old Castle Theatre. Alana thanks her
brilliant cast, family and friends for their
continued support. Jude 1:2.
JORDAN DUNN-PILZ (Ensemble, Gordon,
Mr. Grey, The Man, u/s Mark). National
tour debut. Recent credits include Spring
Awakening and I Carry Your Heart (Hangar
Theatre). Love to all the people. Ithaca
College B.F.A. 2017.
JASMINE EASLER (Joanne Jefferson).
Favorite credits include Rose in Fences (WSU)
and Velma in Crowns (Human Race Theater).
She has a B.F.A. in musical theater from
Wright State University and is thrilled to
travel with this incredible show. She thanks
her family for love, friends for support and
Joy Dewing Casting for this opportunity.
@JasmineEasler.

BIOS
the University of California, Irvine: B.F.A. in
musical theater, B.A. in dance performance.
IG: @felix_the_fierce.
LYNDIE MOE (Maureen Johnson) is over
the moon to make her national tour debut
with the 20th-anniversary production of
Rent. She just completed her freshman year
at Rider University pursuing a B.F.A. in
musical theater. Huge thanks to her parents,
family and friends for the endless amount of
support they provide.
CAMERON MULLIN (Ensemble, Christmas
Caroler, Mr. Jefferson, Pastor). National tour
debut. New York credits: Young Charles Dickens
(NYCCT). Regional: Sister Act (Wagon Wheel
Center for the Arts), American Idiot (Phoenix
Theatre), Seussical (IFT). He thanks JDC,
his professors, family and friends for their
continued support. Indiana University grad.
MT ’16 love! cameronmullin.net.
CHRISSY NARUO (Ensemble, Alexi Darling,
Mrs. Davis) is very excited to be part of the
Rent national tour. Her most recent credits
are production cast principal at Norwegian
Cruise Lines and an Equity stage performer
at Walt Disney World. She thanks God and
her family for their love and support.
YAEL REICH (Ensemble/Mrs. Cohen, u/s
Maureen and Mimi) is honored to share this art.
B.F.A.: University of Florida. National tours:
Mamma Mia! ’15-’16 and farewell. Regional:
West Side Story (Anita), Man of La Mancha
(Aldonza), Annie (Lily St. Regis). Endless
gratitude to ATB, JD Casting and the most
incredible support system. Spread love and
light. yaelreich.com.
SKYLER VOLPE (Mimi Marquez) is honored
to return to Rent. She has performed at La
Mama etc., the Signature Theater, the Mint
Theater and others. Recent credits include
Passing Strange, Devil and the Deep, Cherchez
la Femme. Connecticut College graduate.
skylervolpe.com. Instagram:
@svulpes. As always, for Uncle Alan.

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JOSH WALKER (Tom Collins) is a recent
WPU graduate. This is his first national tour.
He has spent his last semester working at
Mill Mountain Theatre as a teaching artist.
He is thrilled to join this amazing cast and
thanks his loved ones for all the support.
KALEB WELLS (Roger Davis) is honored
to keep the spirit of Rent alive. Kaleb, from
New Hampshire, has performed around the
United States and internationally. Recent
credits: Rock of Ages, Burn the Floor, Jesus Christ
Superstar. B.F.A. acting, Pace University.
Kaleb-wells.com. Insta: @kalebwells. Thank
you, Jonathan Larson.
ALEXIS LOUISE YOUNG (Swing, u/s
Joanne, SoL). Elated to rejoin the touring
company of Rent. Regional: Dontrell, Who
Kissed the Sea (Danielle), Lisa Kron’s In the
Wake (Tessa), The Trip to Bountiful (Thelma).
Love and gratitude to KMR and friends and
family back home. Let positivity trail you!
@mslexilouyou.
JONATHAN LARSON (Book, Music, Lyrics)
received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama
for Rent, which received four 1996 Tony
awards (including best musical and two to
Mr. Larson for best book of a musical and
best score. Other honors: six Drama Desk
awards (including best musical, book of a
musical, music and lyrics); best musical from
the New York Drama Critics Circle and the
Outer Critics Circle (off-Broadway); and
three Obie awards (including outstanding
book, music and lyrics). Previously, he
received the Richard Rodgers Award, the
Richard Rodgers Development Grant, the
Stephen Sondheim Award and the Gilman
& Gonzales-Falla Theatre Foundation’s
Commendation Award. Earlier work includes
Superbia; tick, tick ... BOOM!; the score of
J.P. Morgan Saves the Nation; and selections
of Sitting on the Edge of the Future. He wrote
music for “Sesame Street,” the children’s
book-cassettes of An American Tail and Land
Before Time and for Rolling Stone magazine
publisher Jann Wenner. He conceived,
directed and wrote four original songs for
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world premiere Feb. 13, 1996, at the New York
Theatre Workshop and opened at Broadway’s
Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996. Mr.
Larson died unexpectedly of an undiagnosed
aortic aneurysm, believed to be caused by
Marfan Syndrome, on Jan. 25, 1996. It was
10 days before his 36th birthday. His semiautobiographical musical tick, tick … BOOM!
(written before Rent) had a successful run offBroadway at the Jane Street Theatre.
MICHAEL GREIF (Original Broadway
Director) most recently directed Broadway’s
Dear Evan Hansen at the Music Box and
War Paint at the Nederlander. Additional
Broadway credits: Rent, Grey Gardens, Next to
Normal (Tony noms.); Never Gonna Dance; If/
Then. Recent work includes A Parallelogram
(Second Stage); Our Lady of Kibeho and Angels
in America (NY’s Signature Theatre); The
Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide … (Public); and
The Tempest, The Winter’s Tale and Romeo and
Juliet at the Public’s Delacorte Theater. OffBroadway, he’s received Obie awards for
Machinal, Dogeaters (Public) and Rent (NYTW)
and has directed new plays and musicals
at Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout,
MTC, MCC, New York Theatre Workshop
and Second Stage, where he directed Next
to Normal and Dear Evan Hansen. Regional
work includes premieres and revivals at
Williamstown Theatre Festival (10 seasons),
La Jolla Playhouse (AD, five seasons), Arena
Stage, Center Stage, Mark Taper Forum,
Dallas Theater Center and Trinity Repertory.
Mr. Greif holds a B.S. from Northwestern
University and an M.F.A. from the University
of California, San Diego.
EVAN ENSIGN (Director) has director:
Rent (U.S. 20th-anniversary tour, Montreal
and Far East); Richard Thomas’ Wrong Songs
for Christmas (London’s National Theatre);
Avenue Q (two U.K. tours); Wrong Songs for
Summer (London); Womyn in Three, Out of
the Reach of Children and Simone at Town in
NYC. Associate: Avenue Q (Broadway, Vegas,
London and U.S. tours); Rent (Broadway
and U.S. tours); Les Misérables (U.S. tour);
Elf (London) and Shrek (Broadway and U.S.
tour). As resident: The Phantom of the Opera
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(London and U.K. tour); White Christmas,
Strangers on a Train (London). Other: Chicago,
Exit the King, Annie Get Your Gun, Barbara
Cook — Mostly Sondheim, Julie Andrew’s The
Gift of Music —London and workshops of The
Book of Mormon. Film/TV: “The Late Show
Starring Joan Rivers” and Film Stars Don’t Die
in Liverpool.
MARLIES YEARBY (Choreography) is the
Tony-nominated and Drama League Awardwinning choreographer of Rent. Her work
was licensed for the film adaptation. She ihas
received the New York Dance Performance
Bessie Award and nominations for the Helen
Hayes Award and Joe A. Callaway Award.
Theater commissions include the American
Music Theatre Festival and Penumbra
Theatre. Ms. Yearby is the founder/artistic
director of Movin’ Spirits Dance Theater
and has toured with her company nationally
and internationally. Company commissions
include Lincoln Center, American Dance
Festival, Harlem Stages, Kansas Lied Center
for the Performing Arts, Jacob’s Pillow and
American Festival of Theatre and Dance in
France.
TIM WEIL (Music Supervision and Additional
Arrangements). As musical director on
Broadway: Jonathan Larson’s Rent, Tom
Stoppard’s Jumpers, Jeanine Tesori’s Shrek the
Musical. Off-Broadway: Patti Griffin’s Ten
Million Miles, Stephen Schwartz’s The Baker’s
Wife. Regional: South Pacific (Guthrie Theater,
dir. Joe Haj). As a composer on Broadway:
Sally Marr and Her Escorts starring Joan Rivers.
Off-Broadway: Susan Lori Parks’ F***ing A.
As arranger/orchestrator on Broadway: Lady
Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill starring Audra
MacDonald (also for HBO), Rent, Shrek the
Musical. Film: Todd Graff’s Camp, Chris
Columbus’ Rent and The Mark Pease Experience
with Ben Stiller and Anna Kendrick. Also,
Tim has served on the board of the Jonathan
Larson Foundation, which provides grants for
upcoming composers and lyricists.
PAUL CLAY (Set Design) is an awardwinning artist and designer. Projects include
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tour). Recent projects include In Water I’m
Weightless (National Theatre Wales, the
Southbank Centre, London); Commedia
(Dutch National Opera, Amsterdam);
Forgetful Snow (The Kitchen, NYC). Clay
has worked with Mabou Mines, La MaMa,
David Dorfman (at BAM) and many more
in the N.Y. theater and dance community.
He has received MAN Theatre awards’ best
design, Municipal Arts Society Times Square
Spectacular Award, a Drama-Logue Award,
an NEA/TCG Fellowship and the Bessie
Award, among others.
MATTHEW MARAFFI (Touring Set
Adaptation) is proud to return to Rent for its
20th anniversary. As a member of IATSE
Local 829 and Local 74, he has worked on
projects large and small worldwide. Projects
include Ring of Fire, La Bohème, Buried Child,
How to Succeed in Business Without Even Trying
and Side Man. In film, he’s known for his
production design of π (Pi), (1998 Sundance
Directors Award). He has been director of
operations at Global Scenic Services since fall
2007, while continuing his passion for live
entertainment as production manager for the
Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra. He
enjoys fishing with sons Luke, Will and Mark,
and serves on the board of his town youth
soccer program and the SWD Connecticut
Junior Soccer Association.
ANGELA WENDT (Costume Design) received
the American Theatre Wing Design Award
and a Drama Desk Award nomination
for her Rent costume designs. Her theater
credits include the off-Broadway and studio
productions of Rent (NYTW); All My Sons by
Arthur Miller (50th-anniversary production
at the Roundabout Theatre); the American
premiere of Play With Repeats by Martin
Grimp; Lysistrata by Barry Edelstein; Twelfth
Night (Tennessee Rep); The Great Pretenders
(Juilliard); Marisol by Jose Rivera (Public
Theatre). Feature film: Childhood’s End
directed by Jeff Lipsky. Dance: Tilliiboyo and
Regions by Molissa Fenley; Savanna by Peggy
Baker. She also has designed music videos in
the United States and Europe.

JONATHAN SPENCER (Lighting Design)
designed the lighting for the first national
tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert. OffBroadway credits include Middle of the Night
by Keen Theater, The Ohmies at DRT and
Playwrights Horizons, Who Is Floyd Stearn?
and Squeeze Box and John Moran’s Book of the
Dead Second Avenue at NYSF Public Theater.
Re-lights for Legally Blonde at the Star Theater
in Sydney, Wicked at Universal Studios Japan
and Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses at
St. Louis Rep, Missouri Rep, Cincinnati
Playhouse and Hartford Stage. Associate/
assistant Broadway credits include Cabaret,
Pippin, A Streetcar Named Desire, Sister Act,
Finian’s Rainbow, Wicked, Legally Blonde, White
Christmas and Metamorphoses. Jonathan teaches
a summer master’s program in lighting design
at Southern Oregon University, lives in New
York City and is a member of United Scenic
Artists Local 829. Visit JSpencerDesign.com.
KEITH CAGGIANO (Sound Design) has
worked nationally and internationally with
musicals on Broadway, in London’s West End
and Australia and spectacles in Las Vegas.
Recent New York credits: Holiday Inn (in
production), Himself and Nora, The Radio City
Spring Spectacular, Cabaret, Disenchanted. Tours:
Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, Nice Work If You
Can Get It, Anything Goes. Regional: American
Idiot, Hedwig and the Angry Inch.
STEVE SKINNER (Arrangements) worked
with Jonathan Larson as an arranger and
recording producer for 12 years. He received
the 1996 Drama Desk Award for best
arrangements for Rent. Broadway: Doonesbury
(keyboards, assistant conductor). Recording/
arranging for Bette Midler, Taylor Dayne,
Billy Mann, Chaka Khan, Bebe & Cece
Winans and Michael Crawford.
BILLY ARONSON (Original Concept and
Additional Lyrics). His plays have been honored
with publication in Best American Short
Plays ’92-93 and are frequently performed at
Ensemble Studio Theatre. His lyric writing
includes the libretto for an opera being
developed by American Opera Projects, and
first-draft lyrics for “Santa Fe” and “I Should
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Tell You.” His new play, The Art Room,
premieres at Woolly Mammoth Theatre in
Washington, D.C., this spring. His true love
is Lisa Vogel.
LYNN M. THOMSON (Dramaturg) is a
dramaturg, director and teacher. She brought
nearly 20 years of new-play dramaturgical
experience to her work with Jonathan
Larson on the Rent script. She was associate
artistic director for the Philadelphia
Theatre Company, where she created and
administered a new-play festival. She was
dramaturg at Circle Repertory Company and
She has directed more than 100 productions
of new plays and revivals at regional and New
York theatres, plus workshops and readings of
new plays. She leads the dramaturgy M.F.A.
program at Brooklyn College.
ALEXANDER PIERCE (Production Stage
Manager) is thrilled to explore the country
with Rent. National tours: Mamma Mia!
Regional: Sheryl Crow’s Diner the Musical
(Delaware Theatre Company). Several shows
at Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia
Theatre Company, Huntington Theatre
Company and Ogunquit Playhouse. Thanks
to Work Light Productions. Graduate of
Emerson College.
EMILY PATHMAN (Assistant Stage Manager)
is excited to join the touring company of Rent.
NYC: Sleep No More. Regional: Contemporary
American Theater Festival, Actors Theatre,
Huntington Theatre Company, A.R.T. and
Boston Ballet. Emily was a stage management
apprentice in the Professional Training
Company at Actors Theatre of Louisville and
received her B.F.A. from Emerson College.
JON SATROM (Company Manager) is thrilled
to join the Rent touring family. He most
recently was assistant company manager on
the Mamma Mia! tour and has worked with
Work Light Productions. Onstage credits
include national tours of A Year With Frog and
Toad and The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley.
NYU grad.
ANABEL FRANKLIN (Assistant Company
Manager) is from Truro, Mass., and moved
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to NYC to attend NYU, graduating with a
bachelor of music in vocal performance. She
has performed worldwide but most recently
managed restaurants in NYC. She is thrilled
to return to her theater roots with Rent.
MATTHEW DEMARIA (Conductor/
Keyboard 1) is ecstatic to be a part of the Rent
family. He most recently assisted the music
department on the Broadway production of
Come From Away. Thanks to Tim Weil for this
opportunity, to his family for their endless
support and to Kate for being his sanity.
mcdemaria.com.
ALLIED TOURING (Tour Marketing & Press)
is a full-service engagement management
agency representing Broadway tours and
other live touring events in North America.
Current tours: An American in Paris, The Book
of Mormon, Bright Star, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s
Cinderella, Elf the Musical, The Humans, Kinky
Boots, Motown the Musical, Rent, School of Rock,
Something Rotten! and Irving Berlin’s White
Christmas. Upcoming tours: Charlie and the
Chocolate Factory, Groundhog Day and The
Scenario.
JOY DEWING CASTING (Casting Director) is
thrilled to join the Rent family. Credits include
Broadway, off-Broadway, regional theater,
dance companies and about 525,600 tours.
Recent tours: 42nd Street, Annie, Joseph and the
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (starring Diana
DeGarmo and Ace Young), Mamma Mia!, The
Wizard of Oz, and the upcoming Cheers Live
on Stage. Past tours: In the Heights, Cats, Legally
Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar (Ted Neeley),
Movin’ Out, West Side Story, Catch Me If You Can,
Bring It On.
WOJCIK | SEAY CASTING (Additional
Casting). Tours: Kinky Boots, Motown, Vocalosity,
Flashdance, Dreamgirls, Nice Work If You Can
Get It, Jekyll & Hyde, Joseph ... Dreamcoat and
A Chorus Line. Off-Broadway: Othello: The
Remix, Church & State, The Portal, Tennessee
Williams’ The Two Character Play, Handle
With Care, Triassic Parq and more. Regional:
Multiple seasons/shows for Riverside Theatre,
Fla.; the Engeman Theatre, N.Y.; Theatre
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Aspen, Colo.; Gretna Theatre, Pa.; the
Arvada Center, Colo.; and Tuacahn PAC,
Utah. wscasting.com.
WORK LIGHT PRODUCTIONS (Producer).
is dedicated to creating and producing
live entertainment. In addition to Rent,
productions include Motown, Something
Rotten!, Cinderella, Mamma Mia!, Irving
Berlin’s White Christmas and Crazy for You.
Created the a cappella group Vocalosity
with Deke Sharon and is developing a
new stage play based on the Paramount
movie Clue. Produced Julie Andrews — The
Gift of Music with performances at the
Hollywood Bowl and London’s O2 Arena.
Other recent touring productions include
the Tony Award winners American Idiot,
In the Heights and Avenue Q. WLP is led by
founding partner and president Stephen
Gabriel and vice president Nancy Gabriel.
worklightproductions.com.

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ROAD TRIP!
See the Southeast with four wheels and your family.
We’ve got five stops in four states that are worth your time.
By Therra Gwyn Jaramillo

W

hat’s your favorite family memory? For many it’s a family vacation.
A 2015 study found that half those surveyed listed a family vacation as their happiest
memory. Apparently, all those “Are we there yets,” “How much l-o-n-g-e-rs?” and “Mom,
I have to go to the bathrooms” haven’t soiled some fond thoughts of long ago. The survey,
incidentally, comes from the nonprofit Family Holiday Association, so not exactly an
unbiased source, but still.
If you’ve got four wheels and a hankering to see more of the Southeast with your best
beloveds, we have a few ideas. Forget air travel this time. Avoid the stresses of herding kids
and luggage through the maze that is the modern airport. Experts predict that lower gas
prices will stick around at least through the first part of 2018. Our go-to’s are arranged
alphabetically by state.
Gulf Shores & Orange Beach, Ala. | 5.5 hours
With so many beaches in the Southeast, it’s tempting to overlook the 60 miles of Alabama
coastline found between Mississippi and Florida. That’d be a mistake. Bama beaches are
worth a long look and an even longer weekend.

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shaded by Spanish moss-draped trees and restored
antebellum homes. Southern Living magazine named
Beaufort the South’s best small town in 2017. Found between
Charleston and Savannah on the coast, it’s a quick trip to
the Sea Islands, the barrier islands between Beaufort and
the Atlantic Ocean. HUNTING ISLAND STATE PARK’S
historic lighthouse is the only publicly accessible lighthouse
in South Carolina.
Also worth a look-see: the BEAUFORT HISTORY
MUSEUM and the PENN CENTER, founded in 1862 to
provide education for recently freed slaves.
For breakfast or lunch, visit LOW COUNTRY
PRODUCE AND MARKET. Grab regional gifts for folks
not lucky enough to be with you. Later, head to SCOUT
SOUTHERN MARKET for a sweet tea float that includes a
dollop of lemon, peach or mango sorbet.
Wear your walking shoes. Beaufort is a fine place for
strolling.
Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Great Smokies, Tenn. | 4.5 hours
Two destination towns and the most visited national park in the United States sit in the
misty mountains of eastern Tennessee.
If you think it’s Dolly Parton’s world and we just live in it, you’d be right, at least in
Pigeon Forge. It’s home to DOLLYWOOD theme park, the biggest ticketed attraction in the
state, and DOLLY’S SPLASH COUNTRY, a 35-acre water park named one of America’s
best by TripAdvisor. In addition to rides and regional arts and crafts, Dollywood has
concerts and the SOUTHERN GOSPEL MUSEUM AND HALL OF FAME.
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THE THEATER
A fully restored 1929 “Movie Palace,” the Fox Theatre, with
4,665 seats, is a multiple-purpose facility, housing Broadway
shows, ballet, symphonies, concerts, movies, and private
corporate events.
PRIVATE EVENTS
The Fox Theatre has three private rental spaces, with
accommodations for 25 to 1,200 guests. Our Egyptian Ballroom
and Grand Salon are beautifully decorated and can be set up
to your specifications. The Landmarks Lounge is adjacent to
the lobby and is perfect for a small pre-show and intermission
event. To book your “Fabulous Fox” evening, please call
404.881.2100 or visit us at www.foxtheatre.org.
TICKET OFFICE
The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is located in the arcade entrance
to the theatre. The Ticket Office is open for walk-up ticket sales
Monday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., and Saturday,10:00 a.m.3:00 p.m. The Fox Theatre Ticket Office is not open on Sundays
unless there is a performance. On event days, the Ticket Office
opens two hours prior to show time. Doors to the Fox open one
hour prior to show time. Tickets for all performances at the
Fox may be purchased online at www.FoxTheatre.org, all Ticket
Alternative outlets and all Atlanta-area Whole Foods Markets,
by calling
855-285-8499, or by visiting the Fox Theatre Ticket Office
in person during regular Box Office hours.
GROUP SALES
The Fox Theatre Group Sales Department offers discounts to
Groups for most Broadway shows. The Group Sales office is
open Monday-Friday from 9am to 5pm. Call 404 881-2000 or
email foxgroup@foxtheatre.org.
CONCESSIONS
Concession stands are located in the Spanish Room, main
lobby, and on the mezzanine lobby level.
RESTROOMS
Restrooms are located off the Main Lobby (downstairs),
Mezzanine Lobby levels, and the Gallery level. Accessible
restroom facilities are located in the Spanish Room and
Accessible/Family restrooms are located through the Office
door in the main lobby.
TOURS
Fox Theatre Tours are conducted Mondays and Thursdays at
10 AM, 11 AM, noon and 1 PM. Saturday tours are offered at 10
AM and 11 AM. Fox Theatre Tours are guided by Fox employees
well-versed in the Fox’s history, current events, awards, and
upcoming shows.
Tickets for Fox Theatre Tours are available at the Fox
Theatre Ticket Office or online at www.foxtheatre.org.
Special Tours can range from backstage to architectural to
a school or college group. Please contact the Fox Theatre by
calling 404.881.2100 to schedule your group tour.
LOST AND FOUND
Lost and found items are turned in to the Event Staff’s office.
To check on lost items, please call 404-881-2119. Lost and found
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EMERGENCY INFORMATION
In the event of an emergency, and for your safety, please follow
the directions provided by the Fox Theatre staff.
SMOKING
In accordance with the Fulton County Clean Air Ordinance,
the Fox Theatre is a smoke-free facility. Smoking is only
permitted in designated areas.
ABOUT ACCESSIBILITY
The Fox Theatre strives to make events accessible to all guests.
If you require assistance during your visit to the Fox Theatre
please seek out or ask for one of our Accessible Ambassadors.
These staff members are attired in the traditional Fox Theatre
uniform however also have gold braid and white gloves to make
them easier to see. The Fox Theatre offers the use of wheelchairs,
listening devices and booster seats at no additional charge. Our
Ambassadors will assist you to special restroom accommodations.
Note: Steep Steps lead to all seats on the upper levels. For
assistance needed or additional information on programs, please
contact the Event Staff’s office at: 404-881-2119.
TICKETS
To purchase accessible seating at the Fox Theatre please call:
404-881-2016 Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or on
Saturday, 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. A Fox Theatre Ticket Office
Associate will be happy to help you. Ticket buyers may also visit
the ticketing site at www.foxtheatre.org.
PROGRAMS PROVIDED
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ELEVATORS
Elevators are located at the north end of each lobby. The elevators
are available during all performances and make it possible to
access each lobby without the use of stairs. Patrons should be
aware that access to upper seating areas do involve stairs.
PARKING
Parking is available within a four-block radius in all directions
of the Fox Theatre. Advanced reserved parking is available for
sale at the Fox Ticket Office or by calling 855-285-8499. The
Fox Theatre assumes no responsibility for vehicles parked in
any of the privately owned parking lots operating in the Fox
Theatre district.
PERFORMANCE NOTES
All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket in order to be
admitted to the theatre. Not all events are suitable for children.
Infants will not be
admitted to adult programs/performances. Parents will be asked
to remove children who create a disturbance.
Latecomers will be seated at the discretion of the management,
in conjunction with the wishes of the producers.
Please turn off all pagers and cell phones prior to
the beginning of each performance.
Camera and recording devices are strictly prohibited.
Backstage employees are represented by the International
Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.)

2. Take care of personal needs (drinks of water
or restroom) before the performance begins.
3.
Please silence or turn off all electronic
devices, including cell phones, beepers, and
watch alarms. We encourage you to share
your experience at the Fox via social media,
but please refrain from doing so or texting
during performances; the glow from your
device is distracting.

6.
Dear Lovebirds, when you lean your
heads together, you block the view of the
people behind you. Please consider the
people that will be seated behind you
when choosing whether or not to wear a
hat or what hair style you choose.
7. Please refrain from talking, humming, or
singing along with the show, except when
encouraged to do so by the artist or show.
8. Please wait for an appropriate moment to
dig something out of your pocket or bag.
9. Go easy with the perfume and cologne,
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10. If you need assistance during the show,
please go to your nearest volunteer
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the usher will get the appropriate person
to further help you.
11. Yes, the parking lot gets busy and public
transportation is tricky, but leaving
while the show is in progress or before
the actors have taken their final bows is
discourteous. Wait until it is over and
then exit with the rest of the audience.

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about the Friends of the Fox membership program, please visit
www.foxtheatre.org/support-us, email membership@foxtheatre.org,
or call 404.881.2023.

The Fox Theatre would like to thank the following
Friends of the Fox who have given at the Legend ($10,000),
Marquee ($5,000), Encore ($2,500) and
Entourage ($1,000) levels:

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FACTS

Watch what’s under your feet — that’s not just any old carpeting
Chances are you’ve never given the floor of the Fox Theatre much thought. We’re thinking
you might want to pay a bit more attention to the patterns beneath your feet. You are, in fact,
walking on a woven bit of history. Here’s what we mean:

• The design of the theater carpet has symbols
that represent the Shriners, who once owned the
building, and theater founder William Fox.
• Sheep from New Zealand and Scotland produced
the wool mixture that is part of the carpet.
• Bloomsburg Carpet Industries in Pennsylvania
custom-made the Fox Theatre’s auditorium, gallery
and Egyptian Ballroom carpets. They cover more
than an acre of space.
• The Egyptian Ballroom’s original carpeting was
made in Ireland.
• Bloomsburg Carpet Industries also produced the
U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Senate’s carpeting.
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• The Fox replaces it carpet every 18-20 years.
• A recent carpet installation took 21 days and more
than 900 people hours to complete.
• In January, carpet was installed in the gallery
section of the auditorium, covering the original
linoleum flooring so it looks uniform with the rest
of the theater. This is the first time since opening
day in 1929 that carpet has covered this section of
the auditorium.
• Additional carpeting is always ordered for the Fox’s
attic stock in case repairs are needed for existing
carpeting.
• The yarn was processed and dyed in North Georgia
and woven in Pennsylvania.

FOX THEATRE ARCHIVES

• The Fox Theatre carpet design is based on
photographs and a sample of the original carpet
installed in 1929.

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